Nelson Doubleday Personal Success Program (1958)

Nelson Doubleday was the king of this type of illustrated booklet with inserts, as we've seen with the incredible Around the World Program for the American Geographical Society. We've got two more sets of these booklets to bring you, and we're starting with the Nelson Doubleday Personal Success Program. This first set is the covers -- check out the groovy backgrounds. This will be a fun series, as I'm also going to include the inserted practice materials. Enjoy the covers of the Nelson Doubleday Personal Success Program from 1958 below, or click through for the Flickr set.

Illustrations from McCall's Service Booklet "Parties All the Year" (1924)

This belonged to one of my great-grandmothers, though we are not sure exactly which, but this McCall's Service Booklet from 1924 titled "Parties All the Year" by Claudia M. Fitzgerald is filled with classic seasonal illustrations. The series included approximately twenty small booklets, each priced at ten cents, or twelve volumes for a dollar. Included here are the front and back cover (which includes an index), title page, and all the illustrations from this small booklet. Enjoy the slide show below, or click through for the Flickr set.

Happy Thanksgiving Image from Our Next Set (1924)

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Thanks for subscribing, and as a thank you to those of you reading this, here is a Thanksgiving image from our next set, the illustrations from the 1924 booklet, Parties All the Year, by Claudia Fitzgerald. Enjoy!

Ciels et Sourires de France (June 1934)

This is a vintage photo booklet produced by Fluxine Laboratories. The best information available came from one book collector site in France:

Monthly magazines dedicated to medical, specially edited by Fluxin Laboratories in Villefranche (Rhone), under the artistic direction of GL Arlaud, soft cover, many illustrations, engravings of French landscapes and advertising of pharmaceuticals.

This particular volume of "Ciels et Sourires de France" from June of 1934 feautures photos from the beautiful medieval city of Pérouges, France. Also included are the wonderful advertising pages for what appears to be hemorrhoid creams and other ointments and medicines. Enjoy the slideshow below, or click through for the Flickr set. And be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed!